...service A set o' dull, conceited hashes,1 Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang in stirks,1 and come out asses, Plain truth to speak ; An' syne"...Parnassus By dint o' Greek! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's lire, That 's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dubj and mire, At pleugh or cart,...

...fools, What sairs your grammars ? Ye'd better ta'en up spades and shools, Or knappin^hammers. A set o' dull, conceited hashes,* Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang in stirks,3 and come out asses, Plain truth to speak ; An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint...

...shools, Or knappin-hammers. A set o' dull, conceited Hashes, Confuse their brains in Colledge-classes ! They gang in Stirks, and come out Asses, Plain truth...Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart....

...What sairs your grammars ? Ye 'd better ta'eu up spades and shools, Or knappin'-hammers. 12 A set o' dull, conceited hashes, Confuse their brains in college...in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth to speak ; And syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! 13 Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That...

...moths deform in shapeless tatters, Their unknown pages." And again, in another poem — " A set o' dull, conceited hashes Confuse their brains in college...to speak ; An' syne they think to climb Parnassus Bv dint o' Greek!" PART VIII. How Burnt felt himself separated front culture. Burnt. THE INTELLECTUAL...

...again, in another poem — " A set o' dull, conceited hashes Confuse their brains in college classes I They gang in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth...syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek!" .PART VIII. How Burnt felt himself separated from culture. Burnt. PART VIII. Injustice of Burns towards...

...again, in another poem — " A set o' dull, conceited hashes Confuse their brains in college classes I They gang in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth...An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greeh!" .PART VIII. How Buna fiit kimselt upnrated from cutture. Burnt. PART Infustice of Burns towards...

...another poem — " A set o' dull, conceited hashes Confuse their brains in college classes ! Tliey gang in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth to speak ; An' syne they think to climb farnassas By dint o Grak ! " PART V11I. Hmv Burns felt himsclt separated from culture. Burns. PART...

...plough or cart, My muse though homely in attire, May touch the heart. The Inventory, by Burns, Give me a spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire, Then though I drudge through dub and mire, Burns: Epistle to Lapraik. Standing dubs gather dirt. There never was a good...

...produce finespun emotion, or to write to please the critics, but to touch the heart. Gie me ae spark of Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then though I drudge thro' dirt and mire, At plough or cart ; My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. And so it...